Improved safety-hat



' ,Sanibel 5am @gemietet -JAMES JOHN GILrllvilqnelg,` OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. Letters 'Patent/"Nm87,164,A dated Februa/Ly 23, 1869.

IMPRovED summum.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and part of the, same. /fw' m To all whom 'it concern: The two crowns A and B are cemented together,

Be it known that I, JAMES JOHN GILTENAN, of 0in-" or connected in some other suitable manner; and,either cinnati, in the county of Hamilton, and State of Ohio, cnc cl 50th 0f -tliccrfWllS mabc incide fatefpfocfa l haveinventeda newand useful Improvement in Safetyby tlic- US@ 0f Water-Profit Varnish, Oiled Silk, 0i any Hats; andIdo hereby declare that the'following is e ctlici WatcY-Piccf iiictci'ittl full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will en- Tlic Sponge, cfcbccfbciit, C may bc cilclcsctl iii Oiled able others skilled in the art to make and use the same, Silk, 0i' cthci'cquwclcut matcllal- Through the Outc reference beinghadtothe-accompanyingdrawings,form cTcWii thcifc 1S ail Oi'icc H'S Scfii fit 6, thrciigli Wllili ing part 0f this-Specification; A water, or otherliquid, may be introduced, for satura- The object of this invention is to so construct a hat ting ci' flampciiiiig thc Sponge that the weak-e1'- maybe protected from danger from By the use of this hat, the head-of the wearer 1s the suns rays, and from excessive heating of the head; kcPt cccl, S0 that the bi'ttiii fmd Spinal chord caiiiiOt and be affected by the suns rays, or from the excessive It consists in making the hat with a duble crown, licttt 0f: thc'wcaitlici and in inserting a sponge, or other absorbent, between Had/'mg thus flcScilbcfl my invciiticii, the crowns, forretaining moisture therein, as will be I claim tis ilcWi and dcslic t0 Scciiic by Letters' hereinafter more fully described. f l t P 31tci1t- The drawing represents a hat constructed according AS 3J iicW citiclc 0f mttiiiifltctiiics thcScfctY-littt, cciito my invention, with theside broken away, t0 VShow structed as described, of the interior crown A, and the the two crowns, with the sponge or absorbent between jcxtclicr ciOWil D, 'Pcffclctcd at?, ccd fciiiiicg thc tcp them, and sides of the hat, the brim being either formed upon A represents the inner crown, to-which the brim of the interior or exterior crown, and the space between the hat'isattached, in this example .of my invention, thc clOWn being filled with the Spcngc, 01 absorbent but the brim. may be attached to the outer crown, C, as hcl'cin described, fOi tllc Purpose Specifici should it be deemed more convenient or desirable.

J AMES J. GILTENAN. B is the outer crown. Witnesses: 1

lC represents the sponge or other absorbent. QHAs. .WEBER,

1) indicates the space between the two crowns. ROBERT ROBERTS. 

